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Joan Miro - Abstract Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro Miro Abstract Lithograph Artist: Joan Miro Plate III from “Miro Lithographs I” Medium: Lithograph on Rives vellum Year: 1972 Image Size: 10" x ...
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1970s Abstract Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Many Cities from the Rilke Portfolio, Minimalist lithograph by Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Many Cities from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in the plate Edition: 750 Size: 22.5 x 17.75 in....
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

"Fleurs et Fruits" Signed, Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas (comes with COA)
Located in Chesterfield, MI
"Fleurs et Fruits" is a signed, Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas (8/195) by the artist Pierre Pivet. The work is unframed, its date of creation is unknown...
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Late 20th Century Still-life Prints

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Giclée

Keep Your Ass Away From The Cactus -- Screenprint, Flowers, Text Art by Shrigley
Located in London, GB
Keep Your Ass Away From The Cactus, 2020 David Shrigley Screenprint in colours, on wove paper Signed and numbered on an accompanying COA From the edition of 125 Sheet: 76 × 56 cm (2...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

Composition, Derrière le miroir
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 141, 1963. Published by Aimé Mae...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Mount Fuji and Flowers (Framed)
Located in Manchester, GB
David Hockney, Mount Fuji and Flowers, 2016 (Framed) Offset lithograph 63.5 x 86.5 cm (Unframed) 67 x 93.5 cm (Framed) Original poster produced by the MET featuring Hockney’s 197...
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2010s Cubist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Original Vintage Poster: "Come to Puerto Rico, U.S.A. Caribbean Playground
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Vintage Poster: "Come to Puerto Rico, U.S.A. - All-Year Playground of the Caribbean." This serigraph is archivally linen-backed and ready for framing. It is in B+ condition,...
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1950s American Modern Still-life Prints

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Screen

La Bouteille de Marc, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N° 6 (double) J...
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1950s Cubist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Still life with irises , 70x70cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs.
Located in Yerevan, AM
70x70cm, print on canvas Edition 20 pcs.
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Canvas, Color

"Fortune Teller" Pencil-Signed Limited Edition Print
Located in Chesterfield, MI
"Fortune Teller" is a Pencil-Signed, Limited Edition Print (329/500). It measures 11.25 x 11.25 inches, unframed. The piece is in Very Good Condition.
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Yellow Poppies Sept 12, 2013
Located in Fairfield, CT
Yellow Poppies is a natural companion for Red Poppies, March 21, 2012 and is equally strong installed solo. The multi-layered cropped poppies bleed to the...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

ROCKY 36x48 Sylvester Stallone Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Rocky" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

40x60 Journey "ESCAPE" Cassette Photography Pop Art Unsinged
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is new release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic tapes have become more than just timeless music. They encapsulate an era instantly...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

36x48 "Jaws" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Fine Art Print Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

Composition, Derrière le miroir
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 173, 1968. Published by Aimé Mae...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

[Untitled] 2, lithograph in colours, on Somerset Satin paper, with full margins
Located in Bristol, GB
Monotype and lithograph in colours, on Somerset Satin paper, with full margins Edition of 30 61.3 x 48.7 cm (24 x 19.2 in) Framed 68 x 55.5 x 4 cm, 26.8 x 21.9 x 1.6 in Signed, numbe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Lithograph, Monotype

NAILS
Located in Portland, ME
Frasconi, Antonio. NAILS. Baltimore 505. Woodcut, 1964. Edition of 15. Numbered "10/15," titled and signed in pencil within the image. 18 x 23 3/4 inches (image printed on the full ...
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1960s Still-life Prints

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Woodcut

Drift (dramatic nocturne in America's suburbia)
By Jacob Crook
Located in New Orleans, LA
Drift is a hand-pulled mezzotint in an edition of 10. This is #3/10. Location is Jarnigan ST in Starksville, Mississippi Jacob Crook was born in St. Loui...
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2010s American Modern Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

Flower Bouquet - Original signed lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Henry Maurice D'ANTY Flower bouquet Original lithograph Signed in pencil by the artist On vellum, size 64 x 46 cm (c. 25,1 x 18,1 inch) Numbered /100 and dedicated Very good condit...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: JF Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: CXLI, CXLII, CXIII & CXLIV. MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation. Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

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Watercolor, Engraving

The Lantern-Poster. Copyright Aaron Ashley, Inc.
By Carolyn Blish
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Poster. Measures 22.5 x 27.75 inches and is Unframed. Good/Fair Condition-signs of wear consistent with age and handling.
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Late 20th Century Still-life Prints

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Color

The Dinners. Seven-Panel Figurative Print on Dibond, Contemporary Portraiture
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Large-format limited edition print composed of seven vertical panels depicting a surreal banquet scene blending contemporary portraiture, symbolic still life, and ornamental design. ...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Prints

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Metal

Jean Cocteau - Artaban - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Artaban 1961 signed in the stone/printed signature Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm Lithograph made for the portfolio "Gitans et Corridas" ...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
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1980s Conceptual Still-life Prints

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Screen

"Still Life with Pet Coke" – Oil Painting of Rocks, Bird Skeleton, Gas Station
Located in Denver, CO
Brad Davis’s "Still Life with Pet Coke", a 2025 oil painting on wood panel, is a hauntingly atmospheric composition that blurs the line between classical still life and contemporary ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Prints

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Oil, Wood Panel

Marilyn's Flowers II, Pop Art Lithograph by Peter Max
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) Title: Marilyn's Flowers II Year: 1981 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 165 Image Size: 19 x 23.5 inches
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1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Lirio Eterno
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This elegant work by Fidel Santos captures a delicate antique Renaissance wood carving of white lilies. Despite the visible signs of aging—cra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Still-life Prints

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Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Mixed Media

French Modern Drawing by Jean Hélion - Personnages
Located in Paris, IDF
Personnages undated lithograph, artist proof (E.A) & signed by the artist 20,5 x 27,9 x 0,1 cm sold without frame about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) Jean Hélion ...
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1970s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

'O'Tannenbaum' original color silkscreen signed on verso, Christmas tree, winter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'O'Tannenbaum' (Artist's #30129) is an original color silkscreen print by Ruth Grotenrath, signed by the artist on verso. Influenced by the works of Expressionists like Henri Matisse and the woodblock prints of early modern Japanese artists like Katsushika Hokusai, Ruth Grotenrath's 'O'Tannenbaum' combines the expressive use of color of the former with the precision of the latter to create a Christmas card that is as vibrant as it is subtle. Depicting a pine tree decked with ornaments and stockings, Grotenrath has rendered the tree-topping star as a ball of flames to analogize the warmth and spirit of the holiday season. Original color silkscreen 6.625 x 4 inches, silkscreen 14.375 x 11.375 inches, frame Signed in screen on verso inside-letter Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag matting and mounting materials, Museum Glass to inhibit UV damage and reduce glare, and housed in a gold finish wood frame. "The paintings of Ruth...
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1940s Expressionist Still-life Prints

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Screen

Rolex Daytona 30x30 6263 Paul Newman Photomosaic Photography Fine Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Newman" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds o...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

Blue Stripes
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print, belongs to a collection "STRIPES". Limited edition of 10. Signed by the author.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Prints

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Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Red Flowers & Green Leaves, Separate -- Print, Homemade, Still-life by Hockney
Located in London, GB
Red Flowers & Green Leaves, Separate, May 1988 David Hockney Homemade print in colours executed on an office colour copy machine on two sheets of Arches ...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Color

Candy Apples - Candy Americana
Located in London, GB
This original etching and aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Thiebaud", at the lower right margin. It is dated ‘65’ [1965] next to the signature. It is also hand numbe...
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1960s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Composition, Derrière le miroir
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 22 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 141...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Key West Bound 2
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: The Key West Bound Series is about the insistent nature of Key West’s ability to adapt and thrive despite the continual barrage of hurrica...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Prints

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Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monoprint

Flowering Peppermint Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Pulegium Cervinum, Pseudo Pulegium Struthium, Pulegium Regium", depicting flowering Peppermint, Weld and Pennyroyal plants respectively from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713. This beautiful colorful engraving is printed on thin laid chain-linked paper. There are subtle creases in the right upper corner, very common with Besler's relating to the drying of the paper during its production. The right margin is thinner than the others. The print is otherwise in excellent condition with striking hand-coloring. Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was an apothecary and botanist. He was curator of the Willibaldsburg Castle garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop...
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1640s Academic Still-life Prints

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Engraving

[ Bird of Paradise] La Pie de paradise, vue par derriere, No.21
Located in Paonia, CO
[ Bird of Paradise] La Pie de paradise, vue par derriere , No.21, Paris 1801-1806 [Astrapia nigra]. Color-printed engraving with hand-coloring. French botanical and zoological illustrator Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) was known as one of the finest ornithological artists of his time .He is best known for his watercolors and engravings that were commissioned by François LeVaillant, French explorer, naturalist, zoological collector , noted ornithologist and author. Levaillant’s Histoire naturelle des perroquets (1801-05) and his Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis (Birds of Paradise, 1801-06), both of which Barraband contributed to, are still considered some of the most beautiful bird books of all times because of their exceptional scientific accuracy, rich color and detail. The Astrapia nigra is a Bird of Paradise that inhabits the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua...
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Early 18th Century Other Art Style Still-life Prints

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Engraving

One Off Chanterelles No. 2
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 30. Most of his mezzotints are tiny, and his subjects are the simplest of everyday objects: an egg, seashell, carrot, potatoes. Simil...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Mezzotint

Linwood (Flowers)
Located in New York, NY
This edition was commissioned in 1997 to celebrate 'Lincoln Center Festival'. The edition of 108 is signed and numbered in graphite by the artist. This print comes directly from the publisher, Lincoln Center Editions...
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Screen

36x48 "Star Wars" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art by Destro Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro. We all remember those iconic nights at the video store. Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

Still Life with Violin Natura Morta con Violino - Cubism Italian Futurism
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Gino Severini" in the lower right margin and signed in the plate "Severini" in the lower right corner of t...
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1960s Futurist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Nature Morte au Citron et a la Cruche, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Nature Morte au Citron et a la Cruche, Portfolio: Marina Picasso Estate Poster Collection, Year: of Original: 1936 Year Printed: 1979...
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1970s Cubist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Freesia
Located in Fairfield, CT
7-color woodcut on Somerset white 500 gsm
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Paper, Woodcut

Bag of Bananas, Aquatint Etching by Janet Fish
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Janet Fish, American (1938 - ) Title: Bag of Bananas Year: 1996 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 24.5 x 30 in. (62.23 x 76.2 cm)
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

"50x40" FRIDA KAHLO Photomosaic Pop Art Archival Fine Art Photography Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frida is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller i...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

40x60 Tupac Shakur 2pac "All Eyez On Me" Cassette Photography Pop Art by Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of 2Pacs iconic "All eyez on me" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro These iconic ta...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

Swallowtail Butterfly, Guy Allen, Limited Edition Print, Affordable Animal Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Please note the price is for the unframed original etching . Swallowtail Butterfly is an original etching, engraved onto a copper plate, from wh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Still-life Prints

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Gold Leaf

Venice Gondola
By Jean Navarre
Located in Belgrade, MT
Jean Navarre , French 1914-2000 was a French oil impressionist.
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Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Prints

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Oil, Lithograph

Field of Flowers [Night] -- Etching, Print, Flora Art by Tom Hammick
Located in London, GB
Field of Flowers [Night], 2025 Tom Hammick Etching in colours, on wove Signed, titled, dated, numbered and inscribed 'E.V.' (edition variable) From the edition of 35 Sheet: 31.5 × 4...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Etching

French Modern Drawing by Jean Hélion - Herbiers
Located in Paris, IDF
Herbiers undated lithograph, artist proof (E.A) & signed by the artist 20,5 x 27,9 x 0,1 cm sold without frame about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October 27, 1987) Jean Hélion was...
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1970s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, Composition (J/Vollard 193; Monod 10485), Hélène chez Archimède (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin de Montval-Maillol paper. Paper Size: 17.3 x 12.6 inches; image size: 11.4 x 8.7 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné referenc...
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1950s Cubist Still-life Prints

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Woodcut

Rolex Daytona 60x45 6263 Paul Newman Photomosaic Photography Fine Art Unsigned
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Newman" is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds o...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

Untitled (Nr. 0951) Black & White Photography 36" x 44" in Ed. 1/12 by Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 0951) Black & White Photography 36" x 44" in Ed. 1/12 by Ben Cope Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid Off the Grid is the culminat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

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Archival Pigment

Tal-Coat, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 121-122, 1960. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Guston, Composition, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 8.96 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, In Memory of M...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Sans Titre Illustration Print Limited Edition Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print/ Photography/ Limited edition of 15, proposal for a Vinyl cover, signed by the author.
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Prints

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Digital, Color, Archival Pigment

Gris, La Lampe (Kahnweiler 26), Au Soleil du Plafond (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des papeteries d'Arches paper. Paper Size: 16.93 x 12.99 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Kahnweiler, Daniel...
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1950s Cubist Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Still Life with Peonies — Italian Succession
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Carlo Alberto Petrucci, 'Still Life with Peonies', color monotype, c. 1915. Signed in pencil, in the image, lower right. A superb, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on heavy c...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Still-life Prints

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Monotype

Calder, Composition, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Calder. Published and printed by Musée National d'A...
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1960s Modern Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

de Saint Phalle, Composition, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 8.96 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, In Memory of M...
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1960s Pop Art Still-life Prints

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Lithograph

Still-Life Prints and Other Still-Life Wall Art for Sale on 1stDibs

As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, original still-life prints and other still-life wall art can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.

Still-life art, which includes work produced in media such as painting, photography, video and more, is a popular genre in Western art. However, the depiction of still life in color goes back to Ancient Egypt, where paintings on the interior walls of tombs portrayed the objects — such as food — that a person would take into the afterlife. Ancient Greek and Roman mosaics and pottery also often depicted food. Indeed, popular still-life prints often feature food, flowers or man-made objects. By definition, still-life art represents anything that is considered inanimate.

During the Middle Ages, the still life genre was adapted by artists who illustrated religious manuscripts. A common theme of these still-life paintings is the reminder that life is fleeting. This is especially true of vanitas, a kind of still life with roots in the Netherlands during the 17th century, which was built on themes such as death and decay and featured skulls and objects such as rotten fruit. In northern Europe during the 1600s, painters consulted botanical texts to accurately depict the flowers that were the subject of their work.

While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting and printmaking, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.

Leonardo da Vinci’s penchant for observing phenomena in nature and filling notebooks with drawings and notes helped him improve as an artist of still-life paintings. Vincent van Gogh, an artist who made a couple of the most expensive paintings ever sold, carried out rich experiments with color over the course of painting hundreds of still lifes, and we can argue that Campbell’s Soup Cans (1961–62) by Andy Warhol counts as still-life art.

Still-life art enthusiasts and collectors of Warhol prints have lots of reasons to love the cultural icon — when Warhol brought the image of a Campbell’s soup can out of the supermarket and into the studio, in 1961, he secured his legacy as a radical contemporary artist. After Warhol painted the soup cans, he realized that he could more readily achieve the mass-produced aesthetic he was seeking with silkscreens, also called screen-prints, and he began experimenting with silkscreening on canvas. He used the technique to print paintings of Coke bottles and dollar bills (both in 1962), as well as his treasured Brillo box sculptures (1964).  

When shopping for a still-life print, think about how it makes you feel and how the artist chose to represent its subject. When buying any art for your home, choose pieces that you connect with. If you’re shopping online, read the description of the work to learn about the artist and check the price and shipping information. Make sure that the works you choose complement or relate to your overall theme and furniture style. Artwork can either fit into your room’s color scheme or serve as an accent piece. Introduce new textures to a space by choosing an oil still-life painting.

On 1stDibs, the collection of still-life prints and other still-life wall art includes works by Jonas Wood, Alex Katz, Nina Tsoriti and many more.

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